Millard Fillmore items
Scope and content
Scrapbook containing excerpts from books and newspaper articles about Millard Fillmore; and a printed copy of a House of Representatives bill to authorize an appropriation for a monument to Fillmore and improvement of the grounds at his birthplace in Summer Hill, New York.
Dates
- circa 1925.
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Millard Fillmore was a lawyer from western New York state and an early member of the Whig Party. He served in the state legislature (1829-1831), as a U.S. Representative (1833-1835 and 1837-1843), and as New York State Comptroller (1848-1849). He was elected vice president of the United States in 1848 as Zachary Taylor's running mate, and served from 1849 until Taylor's death in 1850. He served out the rest of Taylor's term as President of the United States from 1850-1853. Fillmore also cofounded the University at Buffalo, and helped found the Buffalo Historical Society and Buffalo General Hospital.
Extent
2 items. (2 items.)
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance (of scrapbook): William Schroeder (signature).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--The scrapbook is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. W.F.E. Gurley..
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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